PORTLAND PRESS HERALD • October 5, 2023
Millions of dollars are being poured into a statewide ballot initiative asking Maine voters to decide who should deliver electricity to customers in Maine. Maine voters on Nov. 7 will weigh in on Question 3, An Act to Create the Pine Tree Power, a publicly-owned utility. If Question 3 is approved, Pine Tree Power would take over the assets of Central Maine Power Co. and Versant Power. Pine Tree Power would be run by a 13-member board. Maine Affordable Energy, which opposes a publicly-owned power company in Maine, pulled in $3 million in the latest quarter, while Our Power raised $213,000 in the period that ended Oct. 5.